Henry David BRIGGS

BRIGGS, Henry David

Service Number: 19956
Enlisted: 5 January 1916
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Warragul, Vic., 25 December 1890
Home Town: Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Car Gripman
Died: Victoria, 3 January 1974, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Dodonaea, Colonnade 3, Section H, Niche 86
Memorials: Buln Buln Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 19956, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
20 May 1916: Involvement Bombardier, 19956, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916: Embarked Bombardier, 19956, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Wounded twice in France, last wound left him with a piece of shrapnel in his spine (At the time it could not be removed without causing too much damage) it remained there for he rest of his life.

He returned to Aust. 1919